CVE-2015-3429
Genericons WordPress XSS Injection Vulnerability
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in example.html in Genericons before 3.3.1, as used in WordPress before 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a fragment identifier.
INFO
Published Date :
June 17, 2015, 6:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-3429 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2015-3429
vulnerability.
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products
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-3429.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
WordPress Pen Testing
None
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-3429 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-3429 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534 Added Reference https://github.com/Automattic/Genericons/commit/798ac98579dd72dfdb11bdee3e7bebf01cffb1f7 Added Reference https://wordpress.org/news/2015/05/wordpress-4-2-2/ Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965 Added Reference https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability Added Reference https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7965 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158271.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158278.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/535486/100/1000/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131802/WordPress-Twenty-Fifteen-4.2.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74534 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 03, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:genericons:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:genericons:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 18, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3328 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 18, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:automattic:genericons:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/41 Exploit Changed Reference Type https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/ No Types Assigned https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-3429-dom-xss-vulnerability-in-twenty-fifteen-wordpress-theme/ Exploit Changed Reference Type https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability No Types Assigned https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-site-from-the-genericons-example-html-xss-vulnerability Exploit Added CWE CWE-79 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 18, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-3429 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-3429
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.50 }} 0.06%
score
0.76137
percentile